Police are investigating armed robberies at three different gas stations on Sunday.

Colonie police reported two men armed with handguns robbed a Sunoco station at 10:38 p.m. at the Xtra Mart, 616 Broadway.

The two men demanded the clerk give them cash and cigarettes, then fled with approximately $450 and several cartons of cigarettes.

No shots were fired, and the store employee was unhurt.

Police said the two fled on foot but may have been picked up by a third suspect in a white sport utility vehicle. The SUV left the area and was seen heading north.

Police are investigating if the suspects also were involved in similar armed robberies later that night in Troy and Albany. In Colonie, the first suspect was described as a 6-foot-tall man, possibly white, with a black bandana covering his face, black pants, black shoes and a gray hooded sweat shirt. The second man was described as being of an unknown race, shorter than the first man, and wearing a black ski mask, black pants, black sneakers and black hooded sweat shirt. The only description of the driver was that he was male.

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In Troy, two men robbed the Cumberland Farms on Pawling and Plum avenues at 11:55 p.m. According to the clerk, two men came into the store. One pointed a handgun at the employee then jumped onto and over the counter toward the victim. The worker opened the cash register, and the second man took the money inside.

The first man also grabbed cigarettes. Both fled from the store on foot.

The first suspect was described as white, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing 190 to 200 pounds and wearing a dark hoodie and ski mask. The second man was described as white, 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing 190 to 200 pounds. He was wearing a gray hoodie with a logo on the left side, a ski mask and black gloves.

In Albany, Officer Steve Smith said, two armed men went into the Sunoco station on Southern Boulevard around midnight. They demanded cash, after which the clerk gave them an undetermined amount of money and the men fled the scene.

Anyone with information about the robbery can contact the Colonie Police Department at 783-2744, the Troy police at 270-4426 or Albany police at 270-8039.